Accident Antonov An-2R RA-40204,

ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 320134

Date:	Saturday 6 February 2016
Time:	12:44
Type:	Antonov An-2R
Owner/operator:	Light Air
Registration:	RA-40204
MSN:	1G219-54
Year of manufacture:	1986
Total airframe hrs:	6952 hours
Cycles:	20236 flights
Engine model:	Shvetsov ASh-62IR
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Gay, Orenburg Oblast - Russia
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Survey
Departure airport:	Sterlitamark Airfield
Destination airport:	Orsk Airport (OSW/UWOR)
Investigating agency:	MAK
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The Antonov 2 impacted a snow covered field during a pipeline inspection flight.

PROBABLE CAUSE (translated from Russian):
The most likely cause of the crash of the An-2 RA-40204 was the loss of spatial orientation by the crew during the execution of a turn in conditions of reduced visibility (fog) and "white" snow on the underlying surface, leading to an uncontrolled descent and collision of the aircraft with the ground.

Contributing factors:
- Incorrect assessment by the crew of meteorological conditions along the flight route, expressed in arbitrary decisions on the execution of the flight under VFR;
- A flight at an altitude below safe height;
- Lack of skills in the performance of the instrument flight, the weather conditions under which the flights were carried out did not meet the minimum requirements.

Accident investigation: